We’ve already established we don’t go to Penn State. But…what if we did? Well, then we could rock Masik’s Penn State fragrance! Yeah, we think it’s bizarre too. Says the company’s site:
Creating the “signature scents” is more scientific than you may think - Of the five senses, only our sense of smell is linked directly to the brain’s limbic system or emotional control center. Because of this link, a particular scent or fragrance can evoke memories and emotions before we are even consciously aware of them. This connection between scent and emotion is what enables Masik’s perfumers to link a school’s essence and spirit to fragrance compositions.
So, what does a Penn State girl smell like? “Graceful and pure…with notes of sparkling cassis, raspberry blossom, star jasmine, rose, dewberry blossom, lilac, white patchouli, amber, vanilla and tonka bean.” A Penn State dude on the other hand radiates ”masculinity, passion and honor…featuring notes of armoise, bergamot, juniper berries, chilled gimlet accord, violet leaf, blue cypress, cracked pepper vapor, clary sage, lavender, vetiver, moss, black amber and patchouli.”
I think we’ll pass for the time being. The real question is, what would a Penn fragrance smell like? Gia, Bui’s, and a little hint of scandal?
Someone forwarded us this message from a Penn undergrad who shall remain nameless:
Greetings,
This is an automatic reply being sent because I am currently studying for Final Exams at the University of Pennsylvania. The end of this semester is Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. I will be unable to reply to any e-mails until after that date.
Thanks for your understanding,
-[Redacted]
Totally unacceptable virtual impression management, kid–you seem to have missed several important memos re: appropriate usage of Microsoft Outlook. Heh. We almost didn’t post this, but then a voice of reason reminded us: “He’s out of his office for a while, so he probably wouldn’t notice.”
Remember how much fun note cards used to be? Get nostalgic and download this flashcard application.
Print ‘em out and play concentration.
You’ll be the most popular person in Van Pelt!
A man admires the variety of meats and cheeses in a shop in the Philadelphia Italian Market.
Stetson, shmetson.
Penn’s admissions office released its Early Decision results today at 3 p.m. We’re sure Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson Eric Furda and his crew will do a stellar job providing us with some new freshmen to fill the class of 2013. Our friends over at the DP did some number crunching. Some of their more interesting findings included that there were 40 less applications from Harvard-Westlake California and also a clear drop in the number of overambitious tools students who applied to Wharton.
Congratulations, Class of 2013.
Scary, but good for hours of fun.
We all love Robert Pattinson, even if he hasn’t gotten the hang of the whole speaking-in-full-sentences thing yet (give him time! English is a difficult language for someone from Eng–er, never mind). And while his blazing topaz eyes and creamy pallor have been featured in many of our nocturnal delights, we can’t deny that Team Edward’s just a little… scary-looking. Sort of like a photoshopped Ted Bundy. Regardless, companies are milking Twilight for all it’s worth ($150 million so far) and releasing a line of, yes, you guessed it–Twilight dolls! These babies won’t be released until next spring, but can’t you picture it? You and your seven-year-old cousin can re-enact Barbie and Ken Go on a Date all over again!
Except this time Ken wears better clothes and has given up on spray tanning. And unlike Barbie, these dolls are actually quite accurate; Edward’s hair sticks straight up and Bella channels Kristen Stewart’s utter vapidness. In fact, I would venture to say the doll has more charisma, too.
Too bad these won’t be out for Christmas — I’ll have to ask for a Bratz doll instead.
On Monday evening, exactly twenty-four hours after I left for my semi-formal, my fourteen-year-old sister called me from the car that my seventeen-year-old brother was driving. As my brother feigned indifference, yet listened intently, I began to summarize how the date went.
My siblings and I are a little closer than the conventional triumvirate. Though it is true we’ve freestyled for friends at the dinner table and we school anyone that dares to step on the dance floor, we’ve also made drug store runs together to pick up tampons, condoms, and pills for each of us, and if that isn’t “close” enough for you, then I should also note that it was my brother who noticed and fought for them to give me Yasmin and not generic. My sister has crafted booty call text messages for my brother. I have selected “sexy” bras before my sister’s dances. Most importantly, we each have separate but equal veto powers when it comes to the facebook evaluation of any potential significant other. (Guess whose selections are typically the most vetoed.)
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Things NOT to do with your Wharton degree: execute the biggest fraud ever. Like, literally, in the history of the world.
Bernie Madoff, who looks to us like a nice, old Jewish guy, has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly running a $50 million Ponzi scheme, which involves using money from new investors to pay old investors absurd dividends. For much of his career, Madoff has been perpetuating this cycle. And now–here’s the really fun part!–his sons have tipped off the SEC and FBI about Daddy Madoff’s wrongdoings.
Since UTB is a few steps ahead of, basically, everything, we figured we’d inform our loyal readers of this craziness before it showed up on every major news outlet. Here’s to consumer confidence reaching all-time lows…
bubbles. cool.
Unsure of what to see this Christmas break? If Transporter 3 doesn’t whet your appetite (which will be the case for about 97% of you), use one of those “I’ll See Any Chick Flick or Disney Equivalent” coupons your boyfriend made you for your 6-month. Street Film critic Lauren Kemp’s got the scoop on a tale of a canine named Bolt.
In the wake of Pixar’s unprecedented success, Walt Disney Feature Animation has fallen by the wayside, subject to fierce outside competition by Dreamworks et al. and obscured by the mammoth shadow of its sister company. The studio’s most recent effort, Bolt, attempts to break from that trend.
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We like when movies prove to be self-fulfilling prophecies. But we like it even more when Little Engines That Could sweep aside the usual Hollywood trash and take center stage. Slumdog Millionaire, the latest film from director Danny Boyle (you know, of Trainspotting fame), garnered four Golden Globes nominations this week, including including top drama, director and screenplay. Pretty impressive for a movie that wasn’t even going to hit theatres after its distributor, Warner Independent Pictures, was shut down. Street Film writer Lauren Kemp sat down with Boyle to talk film adaptation, lighting woes and the Hindi-English divide.
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If, like me, you get irrationally excited at awards season (my list of things that rock basically goes: the Oscars, my birthday, the Emmys, Mad Men, Ben and Jerry’s Vermonty Python), then you’ve been looking forward to this for weeks. OK, so it’s not the Oscars, but, in a way, the Golden Globes are even better. The celebs actually sit and eat dinner instead of awkwardly twiddling their thumbs in a massive theater, and–-the coup de grace–-TV is included. If, like me, you couldn’t live without your TiVo, the Golden Globes are simply awesome.
I’m not going to include the entire list here–it’s freaking long–but here are a few highlights.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
2. FROST/NIXON
3. THE READER
4. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
5. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
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The timing is almost too perfect. Just as everyone is packing up and deserting campus for three-ish weeks of no class & no exams, one of our favorite Philly blogs, Philebrity, broke the sad news about our own Philadelphia International Airport (PHL): it has been titled the “Most Stressed Airport” in the US for 2008! We hate to be mean, but this does seem more fitting for a city known as “Killadelphia” than a World Series win.
But that’s the thing. As believable as this superlative feat seems, my personal experiences at the Philly Airport haven’t been that bad–which, for an airport, is practically a compliment. (And really, if you think about it, isn’t the award itself kind of redundant?)
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We. Love. Dogs. on Under the Button.
Branding itself as “Hal-Mart: Your Final Exam Supercenter”, Houston Hall gives you another reason to skip the stacks… free stuff! In addition to free tutoring and free snacks, Houston gives students what they really, truly need in these most desperate of times: free caffeine (until the 16th!).
Free fountain drinks: 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Houston Market
Free coffee: 8 p.m.-11:45 p.m., Einstein’s
Even more free coffee: 9 p.m.-11 p.m., Pari Creperie
Know about any other finals week freebies? Let us know.
First year med students were playing Capture the Flag on College Green:
Don’t you just hate life, undergrad who wasted away the night in a Van Pelt Death Cubbie futilely trying to cram before finals?
Yes, yes you do.
